This new program will highlight the playfulness and awe of childhood, through experiential lessons for children (ages 2-6) to deepen their understanding of self as sacred, and life as interconnected with all that is.
Through age-appropriate lessons, children will develop a familiarity to Buddhist and Dharma Ocean teachings, for practice in their family, friendships, and daily lives. Activities will include music, songs, yoga poses, games, free play, imagination, art projects, and storytelling.
Individual and group interactions will strengthen mindful attention, cooperative relationship skills, and body awareness. Activities will be facilitated by Dharma Ocean practitioner and skilled youth educator, Leyna Roget Brabant. Minimal parent participation is required during the meditation program, in service of providing a safe container that meets the needs of all ages.
There will be opportunities for families to share in their learnings together, through facilitated Family Yoga Play. During this time, adults will be guided to expand limiting beliefs about their child's natural wisdom and learning style, engage emotional triggers with compassion, and bring awareness to expectations, fears, or criticisms that enable a deeper connection with their child.
Location
Blazing Mountain Retreat Center
Crestone, CO
Coordinator
info@dharmaocean.org
About the Teacher
Leyna Roget Brabant is a multi-dimensional mentor who combines her radiant singing voice, youthful enthusiasm, creative storytelling, and intuitive perception into her teaching style. She draws upon training in Mindful Schools and Heart-Mind Education Curriculums, graduate coursework in Early Childhood Education, Next Generation Yoga™ Certification, Master’s Certificate study in Intuition Medicine®, Somatic Meditation practices, and integrated compassion from growing up with an inflammatory bowel disease.
As the founder of Calm Mind, Happy Heart, Leyna guides families to develop their intuitive, emotional and spiritual intelligences for authentic expression and healing soul-centered relationships. She facilitates public and private intentional play classes, caregiver development trainings, youth mentoring programs, energetic repatterning sessions, and family system coaching.
Her mission is to support families to release generational fears, mature childhood conditioning, resolve cycles of suffering, process trauma through play, develop empowered education, and evolve parenting practices.
Registration
The Children’s Program is available for children whose parents are attending VTI weeks 2 and/or 3. To register your child for this program, please contact us at info@dharmaocean.org.
Retreat Details
Please see VTI Retreat details.